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SonicWall blocking Yahoo Chat

I have an employee who has abused IM and brought a couple viruses into our office network. I would like to block them from using Yahoo chat through the firewall and need to know if this is possible. Being that they are using chat through the browser and not through the Yahoo software client, is it possible to separate their normal web traffic through port 80 from Yahoo chat's?
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JWFreedom

8/22/2022 - Mon
Kyle Abrahams

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hi ged,
That article does not tell me how to block anything with a sonicwall in particular. I did see that there were three http addresses I could block for Yahoo, but how do I do this in a SonicWall? Also, how do I do it for only one user by static IP address?
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dale_abrams

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Unfortunately, that is not where you block domains. That is more for blocking services by their port.

I found a content blocking area, but it requires a subscription. I have a TZ 180. It seems crazy that SonicWall wants to charge a subscription fee to block a website through its appliance.
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I am giving you credit for helping me, but the answer you provided was not correct for my specific problem. Thanks for your help though.
JWFreedom

I have a TZ180 also and yes SonicWALL forces you to buy the intrusion protection package in order to properly and easily block IM programs.